Raising and feeding snakes

1. Feeding of baby snakes

The snake comes out of its shell from the egg or from the mother to the stinging stage before the first hibernation. 1-3-day-old snakes generally do not need to be fed, to absorb the yolk of the egg sac as nutrition. The young snake enters the feeding period from 4 days old, and the feeding ability of the young snake is poor for the first time, because the snake activity ability is not strong, so it can be induced to eat artificially, that is, the young snake can be induced to eat by putting the bait of young snakes in the activity place, such as young mice, small @ 237 snakes, small eels and other small animals with certain activity ability to induce them to hunt. Snakes that are weak and cannot actively prey should be kept apart from those that can actively prey, and tools such as earballs can be used to forcibly feed some eggs or milk. Feeding method of baby snakes: large syringes should be disinfected in advance and then pumped into paste feed. Catch the baby snake, gently break the snake mouth, slowly inject the formula feed, wait for the baby snake to swallow and gently rub down with the thumb of Agkistrodon acutus. The amount of feed should depend on the size of the snake. generally, each baby snake is fed 10 grams at a time, once a week. Practice has proved that the survival rate of this feeding method is about 20% higher than that of young snakes fed naturally. Mice were fed with meat pieces and viscera, with an average of 0.5 grams of feed per baby snake every 10 days and 8 times in 2 months before winter. the snake body increased by 14.5% and body weight increased by 14.9%.

two。 Feeding of adult snakes

The snake that enters the adult stage has a larger body and a rapid increase in body size and weight. The main purpose of this period is to fatten it to form a product that can be used for food and medicine. The fattening of adult snakes is only suitable for the fattening of non-poisonous snakes, but not for venomous snakes. It is generally carried out on the 4th day after the second hibernation, or before the finished product of adult snakes is formed or 2-4 weeks before initial processing. At the beginning of feeding, because the snake's esophagus is relatively narrow, it is difficult to hold a large amount of feed at one time, so it is necessary to add 5% and 10% water to the mixed feed, after stirring into a paste, about 100 grams of dilute material each time, once every other day, after feeding 3 times for 4 times, after about a week, the esophagus is gradually enlarged, and the feeding amount is changed to once a day, each time is 100 grams of wet weight 150 grams, the filling time should not be too long. Usually, the snake products can be formed for initial processing after 15-20 days of continuous feeding. Try to make use of local slaughterhouses or locally available animals for filling feed. Such as the use of a variety of animal heads, viscera, insects, @ # @ 254 animals, etc., if there are bones must be crushed to prevent the snake's esophagus from being stabbed. It can also be mixed with 5%-10% crushed plant feed, evenly stirred and filled.